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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
liver and intestinal synthesis
diet recall
dairy and fortified foods
2. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
hemorrhage
3 cups
hemoglobin
3. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
3 cups
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
vitamin C - citrus fruits
antioxidant - immune function
fat soluble vitamins
5. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
carrots and sweet potatoes
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
hemoglobin
6. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
fat soluble vitamins
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
4 calories/gram
7. The higher the BMR a client has --
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
dark green - orange - drybeans
can consume more calories without weight gain
low albumin levels < 3.4
8. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
TPN total parenteral nutrition
4 calories/gram
9. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
protein
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
5.5 ounces/day
10. Name six sources of grains
one tspn salt or less
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
starches - sugars - and cellulose
11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
6 oz. a day
pregnant women or elderly
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
12. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
fats
5.5 ounces/day
fat soluble vitamins
13. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
fat soluble vitamins
TPN total parenteral nutrition
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
essential amino acids
14. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
antioxidant - immune function
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
one week period
15. How many calories/gram is protein?
2.5 cups
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
16. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
one week period
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
17. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
atrophy or wasting of muscle
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
protein
18. When does BMR decrease?
one week period
one tspn salt or less
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
diet recall
19. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
5.5 ounces/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
cream cheese - cream or butter
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
20. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
21. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
dietary approach to stop hypertension
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
22. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
trans fatty acid
liver and intestinal synthesis
starches - sugars - and cellulose
low albumin levels < 3.4
23. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
dietary approach to stop hypertension
albumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
24. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
protein and fat
trans fatty acid
cream cheese - cream or butter
atrophy or wasting of muscle
25. What function is vitamin A?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
26. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
2.5 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
trans fatty acid
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
27. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
trans fatty acid
TPN total parenteral nutrition
milk - enriched grains
300 cal/day increase
28. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2.5 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
6 oz. a day
29. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
B and C
can consume more calories without weight gain
rickets - osteomalacia
essential amino acids
30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
day week or month
essential amino acids
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
31. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
prealbumin levels
2.5 cups
protein and fat
3 cups
32. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein and fat
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
33. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vitamin C - citrus fruits
one week period
34. What foods have high quality protein?
low albumin levels < 3.4
essential amino acids
one week period
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
35. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vitamin K
4 calories/gram
starches - sugars - and cellulose
36. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
diet recall
37. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
hemoglobin
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin K
38. What is RDA of protein?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
39. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
protein
4 calories/gram
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
TPN total parenteral nutrition
cream cheese - cream or butter
diet recall
41. What is normal BMI?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein
18-25
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
42. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein
low albumin levels < 3.4
43. What does DASH stand for?
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
apple is higher risk than a pear
dietary approach to stop hypertension
44. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
4 calories/gram
rickets - osteomalacia
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
45. What is the function of vitamin C?
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
low albumin levels < 3.4
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
46. What is the function of vitamin E?
day week or month
antioxidant - immune function
2.5 cups
protein
47. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
500 cal/day
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
300 cal/day increase
48. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
one tspn salt or less
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
49. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
one week period
50. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
2 cups